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- Path: sparky!uunet!world!kieran
- From: kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey)
- Subject: Re: PRODIGY New and improved STILL SUCKS, HORRIBLE as before
- Message-ID: <BzwnHo.2ut@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Dec16.060755.6327@panix.com> <9710049@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM>
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 06:32:11 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- lief@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Lief Sorensen) writes:
-
- >for those folks, they can use Compuserve. But let me tell you - its the
- >advertising on Prodigy that makes it such a great service for the members.
- >Why? Because Prodigy is in large part financed by its advertisers, and thus
- >the members do not have to pay such outrageous connect fees. On the other
- >hand, your other online services are almost 100% financed by member fees, and
- >thus they are much much more expensive.
-
- The fact that *P* makes most of their money from advertising will also be
- their downfall. IBM/Sears have already lost literally several hundred
- MILLION dollars on *P*, and it's still not making a profit. A major
- financial analysis firm recently issued a report on *P* that essentially
- said, "Either Prodigy has to clean up their act and start making money
- FAST or they're going to die." And remember, IBM and Sears are not
- exactly two of the most profitable companies in the world right now.
-
- You like Prodigy; that's fine with me. But I really wouldn't get too
- attached to it. The other services may cost a lot more, but at least
- they're profitable.
-
- --Aaron
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